B
Evidence Grade B
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40%
40% -- readership increase for marketing content readership (colour vs. non-colour) (2026)
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Value
40%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Pantone
Primary
Tier C
http://funkyconcepts.com/blog/colour-your-marketing-yellow/ ↗
Source Article
Colour your marketing, yellow!
Original Research
Pantone
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Methodology
Cited in blog as part of unnamed colour-effectiveness research (likely Pantone per context). Figure is an upper bound ('up to 40%'). No study name, sample size, or date given.
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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marketing content readership (colour vs. non-colour): 40% readership increase. Source: Pantone (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/colour-widens-readership-40
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/colour-widens-readership-40" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>40%</strong> -- readership increase for marketing content readership (colour vs. non-colour)<br><small>Source: Pantone (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/colour-widens-readership-40" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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